OT, but are you having random comments with no little reply arrow too? I'm getting the comment truncated—like only the first few words of it—and then an ellipses, and no reply arrow/heart, and clicking on the comment to try to expand it or whatever makes no difference.

Once again, I mean no disrespect when I say that I don't care what you think of my feelings or opinion. I'm going to continue feeling that way, having that opinion, and viewing the issue the way I do; as a minor annoyance which I mentioned as a fairly light-hearted bit of commiseration with another commenter, and a…

Just out of curiosity—and I mean that, this isn't an attempt at a subtle comeuppance insult—do you feel differently now that she's admitted she had the wrong guy?

{{{hug}}} I am so sorry those things happened to you, how awful!

Well, I originally clarified because I was afraid @joeyartfag thought I was serious, but he says no, he totally knew I was being sarcastic. And FTR I knew you were being sarcastic, too, and we are all Clever And Sarcastic. *lays finger beside nose in knowing fashion for an ironic second*

Not to mention that we're taxed—withholdings from our paychecks—on the assumption that we're earning 10% of the total checks run under our name (like if we sold $1000 worth of food and drinks that night, $100 is automatically considered to be the minimum tip amount we earned). Maybe it doesn't happen in all…

*nods in total agreement*

Yep. "Oops, sorry we tore you apart. picked on your looks, called you names, insulted you and your wife, and encouraged the rest of the world to do the same! Aren't we cute? Hee!"

No shit. Calling someone fat like that is seriously dickish and uncalled for, but damn. He didn't strip her naked and write "Gross Fatty Fat Fat" all over her body with a Sharpie then force her to parade down the street while others threw garbage.

Okay. I've asked people who ask about my "partner" why they use "partner" and have been informed more than once that it's policy to do so specifically so they do not offend unmarried people by asking about a spouse. Ergo the base assumption is "unmarried." That's not some conspiracy I invented; it's what I've been…

Lol, my friend Jackie Kessler invented it, and we're all trying to use it so it catches on. We got Gaiman to use it the other day, so we're excited, lol. :-)

She didn't specifically say "Retard," no, it was one of her friends who commented on the "loose/lose" thing by calling him a "fucking retard." (Ironically, these are the same friends of hers who confused "their" and "they're," along with other spelling/grammar errors.) But none of her comments indicated she'd be…

What sucks is that you used to! When we lived here before (2005-2009) there was one in Bristol and I used to get the catalogs mailed to me. I guess with the economy they just couldn't justify keeping them open. :-(

Have you ever read any erotic romances where it's been used? That helped me at first. I also really liked the SATC episode where Charlotte poses for the artist who paints cunts, and his sweet-old-lady wife brings Charlotte lemonade and says, "I bet you have a beautiful cunt, dear."

I know I'd be insulted. ;-)

I agree. "Cunt" is actually my favorite word for ladyparts. It's short and direct, it starts and ends with nice snappy consonant sounds. I hate "pussy;" it's childish and has that stupid hissy "ss" and I hate the little moue shape my mouth makes when I say it.

Chaucer said it derived from "queynte," which meant "a many-layered, infolded mystery."

Because in England that's exactly what it does mean, and that's where I live? And because I am not unmarried, and for the reasons I list in my reply to olivesundae that matters to me.

Okay, well, I don't know why we're suddenly talking about my privilege (aside from the fact that I myself acknowledged it twice), when I've done nothing but commiserate and offer my sympathy to Berkolate for the fact that in the eyes of society a wedding ring=a heterosexual marriage, because that's what's legal. I…

Yeah, I mean, what he did was dickish and wrong but it's not like a molested a baby on the bar and then strangled a puppy as he finished. He was just an asshole, like thousands of others. The self-important pleasure she and her friends are taking in this is really nauseating, and their comments are alternately…